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2025 Texas Statutes
Penal Code
Title 8 - Offenses Against Public Administration
Chapter 39 - Abuse of Office
Section 39.015. Concurrent Jurisdiction to Prosecute Offenses Under This Chapter
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TX Penal Code § 39.015 (2025)
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Sec. 39.015. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION TO PROSECUTE OFFENSES UNDER THIS CHAPTER. With the consent of the appropriate local county or district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an offense under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (S.B. 563), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.
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